hello, W3C ; this is England calling.
i was recently offended by a pain graphic-exclusive
site today and put it through your validator robot.
i am one of those people who prefer to browse
with graphics switched off -- slow phone lines
over here, and expensive. at this site, i saw
nothing but blank rectangles, little ones that
were obviously buttons, but the labels had not
yet shown because they were graphics, no text.
i always thought HTML rules demanded ALT tags
with each graphic: a word or two of plain text.
so i was surprised that your robot's report did
not mention the lack of alt tags.
i note, by the way, that the pages in question
were generated by Microsoft Frontpage software.
http://www.theoldoaks.co.uk
am i right in feeling rude the remark near the
bottom of http://www.theoldoaks.co.uk/header.html ?
what if i were blind and depended on software that
reads web text out loud for me?
your comments would be interesting! i have a
column to write!
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--jim nagel
Computer Shopper magazine UK, freelance
on a StrongArm xAcorn Risc Machine. British technik. no tax to Gate$.
... kindly prearrange before sending large files (slow lines here)
... no Microsoft attachments (Word, Office, Excel, M$HTML, ...) please
keep those viruses, worms, trojans and monopolies to yourself!